Minutes from 11/21/2017 Board Meeting

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GSKA MEETING MINUTES

6:40 pm November 21, 2017, Ruby Tuesday’s McDonough, Ga.

Attending: Jeff Bacon, Mike Adkins, Bob Barthelemy

CALENDAR

  • December 2nd & 3rd Work Days (tower renovation & fence repair)
  • December 9th work day (tire barrier renovation & misc.)
  • Target election of new BOD members by December 15th

REPORT

  • Club By laws
    • To establish and have approved no later than August 2018.
  • Website
    • Discussed potential reinstatement of the forum.
    • Jeff Faust willing to help with website updates.
    • Discussed and agreed upon putting a poll on the website for the members to weigh in on a need at this time for 7 or 5 total BOD members with note that after this decision, nominations for either 4 or 2 BOD positions will be open
    • Jeff Bacon is working with his friend Mike (past member of GSKA) on future improvements to the website.
  • GSKA VKA Vintage Winter Nationals
    • Dates set for March 15th-17th
    • Flyer & Entry form distributed on GSKA and VKA websites and Face Book.
  • GSKA 2018 Race Schedule
    • BOD agreed on (12) point races and dates for the 2018 schedule (will post on website soon)
    • Two dates conflict with AMP’s 2018 schedule (best we could do).
    • No response from AMP on GSKA/AMP proposed series (same as last two years).
    • Probably won’t be able to get in on the L0206 Cup this year but looking at next year (Vega tires used by series).
  • GSKA Marketing
    • Jeff Bacon working on 11” X 17” or larger wall calendar of events (sponsored)
    • Preliminary planning to do a booth at Petite Lemans and possibly Walter Mitty events.
  • 2018 Tires
    • Will run MG tires again in 2018.
    • Will advertise and encourage our members to run Maxis series races, dates TBD.
    • Advertise that karts without MG tires are welcome, but cannot race for points.
  • Membership, Race, & Practice fees
    • Discussed and agreed upon keeping race fees the same for 2018
    • Discussed and agreed upon offering 3, 6, & 12 month practice packages for members only
    • Discussed and agreed upon bumping up non-member practice fees.
    • Agreed to increase membership fees to $50 per individual and $70 for multiple drivers in a family.
  • Signage
    • Discussed urgent need for large sign identifying safety equipement required to drive on track. Jeff and Bob working to get this to print ASAP.
  • Tire Prep (added 11/27/2-17)
    • Voted to continue to dis-allow the use of tire prep on racing tires. Details to be determined when a full board is seated.
  • Adjourned meeting at 9:00 p.m. Minutes compiled by Bob Barthelemy